Cosmetic UsesMint Oil is commonly used for medicinal, culinary and cosmetic purposes.
Mint is well known for its ability to ease indigestion and upset stomach.
The menthol in mint can help clear sinuses and relieve cold symptoms. In
some cases, mint is used to alleviate migraines and fever. It is best to
consult a physician before self-treating any potential ailment or symptoms.

Mint is Aromatic, cosmetic, culinary, and medicinal. Fresh or dried leaves
scent sachets and potpourris. Spearmint is used in baths to refresh and cool
skin, in facials to cleanse the skin, and in lotions. Mint oil has wide uses
in tooth paste, mouth wash, chewing gum, candy, hair oil, perfume,
cigarettes and cosmetic products.

Mint oil can be found in a wide variety of common household products,
ranging from tea to toothpaste. The oil is gathered via a distillation
process whereby the mint leaves are steamed, allowing natural oils to
surface. It can take hundreds of leaves to produce just a few teaspoons of
mint oil, but just a couple drops can be extremely powerful. Mint oil is
also frequently added to massage oil, lotions and shampoos.

Medicinal Uses
The entire plant, apart from the roods, is antibacterial and antibrile. It
yields an essential oil and menthol which exert, through their rapid
evaporation, slightly anaesthetic and anodyne local effect. It is effective
in coryza, adiaphoretic fever, headache, rhinitis, cough sore throat,
arthralgia, neuralgia, colic, vomiting, dyspepsia, diarrhoea and prurigo.
The essential oil and menthol are the constituents of several balsams.
Poultices of fresh leaves and th inhalation of essential oil and menthol are
also prescribed.